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A Celebration of Life for John Paul Christensen, 38, of Ellendale, Minnesota will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Central Freeborn Lutheran Church, rural Albert Lea. The Reverend Matt Griggs will officiate. Interment will be in North Freeborn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4p.m.-8p.m. on Friday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Ellendale, and one hour before the service at the church.
On December 23rd, 2012, John went home to be with his Heavenly Father.
He was born on May 17, 1974, in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of John Christensen and Lynn Njos. Strong in faith, John had been baptized and then later confirmed at North Freeborn Lutheran Church. He graduated from Ellendale High School with the class of 1993, he continued on to obtain his degree from Riverland Technical College in Austin, MN. He married Erin Thorson on December 28, 2005 in Kauai, Hawaii.
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Elmer M. Tatge, age 85, of Wells, MN, died Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Parkview Care Center in Wells, MN. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 24, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wells, MN. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 23, 2012 from 1-3 p.m. at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Pastor Kathy Fullarton will officiate and interment will be in Rosehill Cemetery.
Please see www.brussheitner.com to leave online condolences. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells, MN is in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for Vernon M. (Vern) Olson of Ellendale, MN, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Richland, MN. Pastor Scott Williams will officiate. Visitation will be held Monday from 4 until 6 p.m. at the Friedrich Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in St. Peters Cemetery, New Richland.
Vern died on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Owatonna Hospital. He was 66 years of age.
Vernon M. (Vern) Olson was born on November 29, 1946 to Evelyn and Orrin Olson in Waseca, MN.
He attended school in Ellendale. He was in the US Army entering in 1967. Vern was united in marriage to Janice Besser on May 24, 1969. They have been married for 43 years.
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After a sudden and serious illness, Harold Rodney Sybilrud, age 84, died on Friday, December 14, 2012 at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea, MN.
Harold was born and lived his whole life in New Richland. After graduating from high school he served two years in the military at Robbins Air Force Base in Smyrna, GA. He married Ruth E. Clark of Kennesavv in 1952 and returned to Minnesota to farm with his father, Reuben.
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Verdell May Ludwitzke, age 78 of Cannon Falls and formerly of Winona and New Richland, died on Thursday morning, December 13, 2012 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.
Verdell was born on December 24, 1933 in New Richland, MN the daughter of George and Florence (Baumann) Billing. She graduated in 1951 from New Richland High School, and went on to Mankato State College. She graduated in 1960 with a Bachelors Degree in Education. She married Dennis Ludwitzke on June 11, 1960 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in New Richland.